running emacs 22... on ubuntu 9.04, fresh install.
When I copy a region of text via C-w (clipboard-kill-ring-save) then yank it back with C-y (clipboard-yank) it pastes random stuff, from some other buffer that isn't even open.
It was working fine earlier today and I haven't changed my emacs config.
Any ideas why this is suddenly happening/ how to fix it?
Thanks!
C-w is (kill-ring) - you should use M-w for copy. The appearance of random text in the kill-ring is most unlikely. It might be helpful for you to monitor the value of the symbol kill-ring(C-x C-e after it in any buffer) after M-w or C-w to determine if it's properly updated.
Well, after a day or two since I posted this, the problem has gone away. Don't know why it started happening or why it stopped.